Keyword
oni
- ghost
- devil
- Frequency
- #1557
- Strokes
- 10
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 2175
Readings
キ67%
おに33%
Mnemonic
A fearsome oni, with a slash left on its cheek, stomps through a rice field on thick legs, swinging the arm of a bodybuilder like a club.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
魅charm魔demon魂soul塊lump醜ugly魏high魁pioneer傀large㟴lump on the hills媿ashamed嵬high and flat廆room愧feel ashamed蒐collector隗high槐type of Japanese pagoda tree瑰strange魃(god of) drought魄soul䰠god魈mischievous魋bear魍spirits of mountains and streams魎spirits of trees and rocks餽give魑mountain spirits魘have a nightmare
Used in vocabulary
鬼
ogre; demon; oni; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; chaser; tagger; tigger
Noun
鬼
ugly; repulsive; detestable; contemptible; unworthy; insignificant; humble; strong and frightening thing
Prefix
疑心暗鬼
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
Expression
鬼門
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
Noun
百鬼夜行
nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about
Noun
天邪鬼
perversity; perverse person; contrary person; contrarian; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
Noun
鬼子
child born with teeth; child which does not resemble its parents; changeling; wild child; badly-behaved child
Noun
鬼灯
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
Noun